booq

TLDR

booq is an Antwerp-based Fintech startup building a financial due diligence platform that normalises P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow data for M&A deal teams.

Overview

booq develops a Financial Due Diligence (FDD) platform aimed at advisors and private equity teams running M&A processes. The product ingests fragmented financial data, normalises P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow statements, suggests EBITDA adjustments, and tracks the document Q&A workflows that typically run alongside a deal. booq claims time savings of 25-50% across deal workflows depending on stage. The stated goal is to remove repetitive manual rework from the FDD process so deal teams can focus on judgement work.

The company was founded by Gijs Kriger, Stephen Huang, and Jules Uyttenbroeck, who together describe more than fifteen years of combined experience on both sides of the FDD table as practitioners and as private equity buyers commissioning the work. Gijs Kriger is framed as the FDD specialist, Stephen Huang as the engineer and PE veteran, and Jules Uyttenbroeck as the operator running the business. The team built the platform from first-hand experience with the slow, spreadsheet-driven workflows that dominate due diligence.

booq is based in the Antwerp metropolitan area, runs its Belgian entity under the LinkedIn handle booqfinance, and recruits talent from the Belgian market. Public information on funding, exact headcount, and registered office is not disclosed as of mid-2026. Customer-facing outreach runs through scheduled demos with the founders.

Key People

• Gijs Kriger - Co-founder, FDD specialist
• Stephen Huang - Co-founder, engineering and private equity
• Jules Uyttenbroeck - Co-founder, operations

Funding History

No public funding rounds disclosed as of May 2026.

Notes

booq is unusual among Belgian Fintech startups in targeting a niche professional buyer (FDD advisors and PE deal teams) rather than retail or SME finance. The founder narrative (practitioner + engineer + operator) is well-defined and matches the product positioning. The combination of Jules Uyttenbroeck's CNBB Equity Partners background and the team's collective FDD experience points to a buy-side-informed product roadmap.

Sources

• https://www.booq.finance/
• https://be.linkedin.com/company/booqfinance
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jules-uyttenbroeck-388395196/
• https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jules-uyttenbroeck
• https://privatecapital.be/member/cnbb-equity-partners/